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corganrocks

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BKP for Epiphone les paul black beauty?
« on: January 02, 2008, 07:11:19 PM »
Hi,

I have an Epiphone les paul black beauty and was wondering if anyone could recommend some BKP pick ups for it? I've heard good things about the war pigs, anyone have any experience of these in a les paul?

 Also seeing as there are 3 pick up slots on the black beauty if I were to go with the war pig set could anyone recommend another pick up for the 3rd slot?

Thanks

Woogie

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BKP for Epiphone les paul black beauty?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2008, 07:19:15 PM »
What sort of music are you looking to play? List some bands/artists and provide us with clips of the tone you are looking for.

3 x warpig would be awesome (depending on what style you are playing)!! Expensive though...


Edit: I won't be recommending anything because there are more smart people here who know more about BKPs than I do.

machine_of_god

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BKP for Epiphone les paul black beauty?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2008, 07:56:03 PM »
Warpig - MQ - Cold Sweat

It could work! IT COULD!

 :lol:
BKP guitars:
Epiphone Dot Studio (NB bridge, MQ neck)
Gibson LP Studio (MM bridge, CS neck)

corganrocks

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BKP for Epiphone les paul black beauty?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 10:57:36 PM »
haha sorry I should've mentioned that I'm aiming to turn this les paul into an 80s shred type guitar. Heard a lot of good things about the warpig in conjunction with the mahogany body already...

 I have great options for clean playing and more laid back overdrive type stuff so this guitar can be as over the top and excessive as I can make it, ideally I guess what I'm looking for is a combo of a great heavy rhythm sound and (probably more importantly) a lead option that really helps notes snap quickly off the fretboard, no labouring over having to slam the pick/finger down when tapping etc.... Pantera/Metallica US metal type distortion

 If you guys consider the warpig best for this then great I'l look into putting one of them in (or the calibrated pair) but then what would you suggest for the third pick up slot? If I'm going with two warpigs then obviously I'd really be wanting something with a different flavour for the third slot, maybe if the warpig is better suited to lead then I should go for a pick up specifically designed for rhythm or vice versa?

 Oh and am I right in thinking it'd be no problem at all to buy the warpig pair, put one in the bridge one in the neck and put a third pick up in the middle slot? Will it make any different if they're not next to each other?

Thanks.

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BKP for Epiphone les paul black beauty?
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2008, 09:25:17 AM »
I have a Greco 3 pickup Black beauty, Which is solid magahony no maple cap.  Rebel yell in the neck and bridge and an emerald in the middle and that is full on heavy.

The best thing about having a three pickup Les paul is coil tapping the the neck and bridge and then bringing in the middle humbucker in conjunction with the single coils; you can can get an almost an unlimited range of tones that way.

Prob not what youre after; but I think to get the best out of a three pickup guitar you need to mix and match - rather than getting three of a kind - i don't think you'd really gain anything from the middle pickup that way.
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